This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam & Cristy will be joined by Senior Associate Dean for Faculty & Research at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Dr. Philip Cook to discuss Policies to Prevent Gun Violence.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, March 9^th at 9am
• Sunday, March 10^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, March 11^th at 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

• Research that Matters (min 0-11): tennis elbow & steroid shots, diabetes testing & insurance, yoga & irregular heart rhythm, whooping cough & pregnancy
• Conversations with Dr. Philip Cook about Policies to Prevent Gun Violence (min 11-34)
• House Calls (min 34-44): shots for traveling, cold sores medication, stomach pain, atrial fibrillation & pulse

Resources:

• • Research that Matters
    • Effect of corticosteroid injection, physiotherapy, or both on clinical outcomes in patients with unilateral lateral epicondylalgia: a randomized controlled trial.
      • Coombes BK, Bisset L, Brooks P, Khan A, Vicenzino B. JAMA. 2013 Feb 6;309(5):461-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.129.
    • Evidence of a Strong Association Between Frequency of Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and hemoglobin A1C Levels in T1D Exchange Clinic Registry Participants.
      • Miller KM, Beck RW, Bergenstal RM, Goland RS, Haller MJ, McGill JB, Rodriguez H, Simmons JH, Hirsch IB; for the T1D Exchange Clinic Network. Diabetes Care. 2013 Feb 1.
    • Effect of Yoga on Arrhythmia Burden, Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: The YOGA My Heart Study.
      • Lakkireddy D, Atkins D, Pillarisetti J, Ryschon K, Bommana S, Drisko J, Vanga S, Dawn B. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Mar 19;61(11):1177-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.060.
    • CDC recommendation for pregnant women to get the Tdap  vaccine
  • Conversations
    • How We Can Reduce Gun Violence, by Philip Cook – from the Chronicle of Higher Education
    • Gun Safety – from MedlinePlus
    • Depression:  Supporting a Family Member or Friend – from the Mayo Clinic
    • Preventing and Reducing Domestic Violence Homicides – from US Department of Justice
  • House Calls
    • Travel Guide & Immunization for Travelers – from the CDC

Cold sores (Oral Herpes) – from MedlinePlusValtrex (Valcyclovir)  and Topical Acyclovir for cold sores – from MedlinePlus Drug InformationGERD: Questions to discuss with your doctor – from Harvard Family Health GuideHow is Atrial Fibrillation Treated?

You may also like:

• The War Over Guns: Is There a Middle Ground? with Mike Weisser, YOUR HEALTH Radio, June 2014
• Living for 32 with Colin Goddard, YOUR HEALTH Radio, June 2011